#1b151e

Color #1b151e

A muted very dark purple.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 10.77 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-900 #1d161e · ΔE 0.9

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Conversions

HEX

#1b151e

RGB

rgb(27, 21, 30)

HSL

hsl(280, 17.6%, 10%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 30%, 11.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(10%, 30%, 0%, 88.2%)

LAB

lab(7.8, 5.3, -5.2)

LCH

lch(7.8, 7.42, 315.55)

OKLCH

oklch(20.7%, 0.0197, 314.38)

HWB

hwb(280, 8.2%, 88.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#181e15

Analogous

#17151e

#1b151e

#1e151c

Triadic

#1b151e

#1e1b15

#151e1b

Split-complementary

#1b151e

#1c1e15

#151e17

Tetradic

#1b151e

#1e1518

#181e15

#151e1b

Square

#1b151e

#1e1715

#181e15

#151c1e

Shades

Color #1b151e mixed toward black.

#161219

#120e14

#0d0b0f

#09070a

#040405

Tints

Color #1b151e mixed toward white.

#43354b

#6c5478

#9378a0

#b7a5c0

#dbd2df

Tones

Color #1b151e mixed toward gray.

#1b161d

#1a171c

#1a181b

#1a191a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.17:1

White text reads better on this background (17.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#19191c · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#19191c · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#1b1a1a · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#171717 · ΔE 7.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1b151e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1b151e]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#1b151e (#1b151e) is rgb(27, 21, 30) in RGB.

No, #1b151e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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